Concert Review: Musica Viva/Macliver/The AAM/Egarr
“A glorious mastery over these sometimes-troublesome instruments” says Peter McCallum in the Sydney Morning Herald.
…..and Graham Strahle reviews the Adelaide concert for The Australian
“A glorious mastery over these sometimes-troublesome instruments” says Peter McCallum in the Sydney Morning Herald.
…..and Graham Strahle reviews the Adelaide concert for The Australian
A Brahms Affair Omega Ensemble City Recital Hall 7 September, 2016 At the vanguard of performing live clarinet repertoire in Sydney, Omega Ensemble presented A Brahms Affair, featuring the swoon-worthy later works of Schumann, Borodin and Brahms in configurations of 2, 4 and then 5 players. Omega Ensemble co-directors clarinettist David Rowden and pianist Maria…
Omega Ensemble Mahler’s Fourth City Recital Hall Monday July 20 at 7.30pm Now in their tenth year, Sydney’s Omega Ensemble continues to live up to its stellar reputation. Artistic director/clarinettist David Rowden and his all-star squad of chamber musicians draw from a vibrant and diverse palette of styles, and are just as at home with…
Symbiosis I, Jane Sheldon,soprano/ Jason Noble, clarinet/James Wannan, viola, 107 Projects,107 Redfern St, Redfern. Friday 18th July, 2014. Redfern’s 107 Projects was host to an enjoyable chamber music concert, the first in a traveling series called Symbioses by New-York based Australian soprano Jane Sheldon. The series launch also featured two local guest instrumentalists, clarinetist…
The Rabbits – Opera Australia/Barking Gecko Theatre Company/ Sydney Festival Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, 14 January, 2016 With four Helpmann Awards under its belt and successful seasons at the Perth International Arts Festival in February 2015 and the Melbourne Festival a few months later, The Rabbits had already established its credentials before its…
Kudos to Michael Gow and Musica Viva with Victorian Opera for their creation Voyage to the Moon, a Baroque pastiche with libretto and direction by Gow, and a score constructed by the late Alan Curtis, complemented by Calvin Bowman after Curtis’ sudden death during the project. The chamber opera opened in Sydney this week with…
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s program The Protecting Veil presented three gorgeous pieces of music, linked in ideas and time.